‘SMART PLANS’: The former premier vowed to put in place a development plan for the city, including a vision to make Taoyuan into an ‘Asian tech capital’By Shelley Shan / Staff reporter
Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Simon Chang (張善政) of the Kuomintang (KMT) declared victory in Taoyuan's mayoral election Saturday evening, taking back the special municipality that has been governed by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) since 2014.
Taipei, Nov. 25 (CNA) Taiwan will hold its "9-in-1" local elections and a referendum on a Constitutional amendment to lower both the legal voting age and the age of candidacy to 18 on Saturday. CNA has compiled the following Q&A to explain what's on the ballot, where the crucial races are, and when we can expect to know the results.
By Shih Hsiao-kuan and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAThere was a flurry of campaign activities by the Chinese Nationalist Party （KMT） yesterday, from canvassing to overnight rallies, amid a last-minute dash to garner votes across Taiwan ahead of today’s nine-in-one local elections.
Taipei, Nov. 15 (CNA) The four candidates in the Taoyuan mayoral election promised to address traffic and housing problems during a televised forum on Tuesday, in an attempt to appeal to young voters ahead of the election on Nov. 26.